| Soil | |
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| Origin | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Genres | Alternative metal, groove metal, hard rock, heavy metal, nu metal, post-grunge |
| Years active | 1997–present |
| Labels | J, DRT, Bieler Bros. |
| Associated acts | Oppressor Drowning Pool Dirge Within Staind |
| Website | www.facebook.com/soilmusic |
| Members | |
| Adam Zadel Tim King Ryan McCombs Jon Wysocki |
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| Past members | |
| Shaun Glass Tom Schofield A. J. Cavalier |
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Soil, often typeset as SOiL, is an American rock band that formed in Chicago, Illinois in 1997. Soil's success came in 2001 when Pat Lynch of Orlando rock radio station WJRR, played the demo of "Halo" in heavy rotation. A major label bidding war erupted, the band chose J Records (a division of RCA Records). Music industry legend Clive Davis, responsible for signing such acts as Pink Floyd and Bruce Springsteen, signed the band, and stated that "you're gonna be my only rock band for now. You're going to be a priority, and I want to break this band".[1]
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Soil was originally formed in 1997 by three of four members of death metal act Oppressor, joined by guitarist of another death metal act Broken Hope - as a side project to their other bands. Ryan McCombs was later recruited for vocal duties.
The original lineup of the band was Ryan McCombs (vocals), Shaun Glass (guitar) (ex-Broken Hope, currently of the band Dirge Within), Tom Schofield, Tim King, and Adam Zadel (all three ex-Oppressor). McCombs left in 2004 after the band departed from their label (J Records), to be with his family and later join Drowning Pool, and Glass in 2007, citing personal and musical differences. McCombs was replaced with vocalist AJ Cavalier, also of Diesel Machine.
Soil's first three releases, Soil (EP), El Chupacabra (EP) and their debut album Throttle Junkies, failed to break the band into the mainstream. It was around this time that all the members of Soil left their other bands to focus on Soil as their main project.
The band experienced their greatest success with Scars (released September 11, 2001). Their success was helped by singles such as "Halo" and "Unreal".
In 2004, the band parted company with J Records after disappointing album sales of their second major album Redefine. Shortly after, vocalist Ryan McCombs announced his departure from the group. New York-based vocalist AJ Cavalier was introduced on November 15, 2004 as McCombs' replacement. On July 20, 2005, McCombs was confirmed to be the new singer for Drowning Pool.
On September 21, 2005, Soil signed with New York-based independent label DRT Entertainment. Their album True Self was released on May 2, 2006. The album leaked onto P2P and BitTorrent sites on March 4, almost two months before its official release.
On October 20, 2009 the album Picture Perfect was released via Bieler Bros Records worldwide, except in Europe, where it was released by AFM Records. Picture Perfect was produced by Johnny K (Disturbed, Staind), Ulrich Wild (Deftones, Incubus) and Soil, with Dave Fortman (Mudvayne, Evanescence) handling mixing duties. The first single from this album was "Like It Is". In January 2010, "The Lesser Man" was announced as the second single.
On Friday, July, 23, 2010, vocalist A.J. Cavalier, and drummer Tom Schofield announced their departure from the band.[2]
Vocalist Jordan Lee and drummer Mike Tignino were announced as fill-ins for scheduled live dates.[3]
The band reunited with original vocalist Ryan McCombs for a 12-date co-headlining UK tour with Puddle of Mudd in October 2011 to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Scars album.
Former Staind drummer Jon Wysocki also joined Soil for the 2011 UK Tour.
Sony Music UK has announced that the SOiL "Scars" album has been certified silver in the UK with sales in excess of over 60,000 units.
SOiL have added several U.S. tour dates for February 2012. The trek will be the band's first in the U.S. since original front-man Ryan McCombs rejoined the group.[4]
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||||||||||
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| US | US Ind. |
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| 1999 | Throttle Junkies
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| 2001 | Scars
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193 | — | 150 | |||||||||||
| 2004 | Redefine
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78 | — | 93 | |||||||||||
| 2006 | True Self
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— | 21 | 171 | |||||||||||
| 2009 | Picture Perfect
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| "—" denotes a release that did not chart. | |||||||||||||||
| Year | Album details |
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| 1997 | Soil
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| 1998 | El Chupacabra!
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| 2003 | Pride EP
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| Year | Title | US Main. |
UK | Album |
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| 2001 | "Halo" | 22 | 74 | Scars |
| 2002 | "Unreal" | 31 | 113 | |
| "Breaking Me Down" | — | — | ||
| 2004 | "Redefine" | 11 | 68 | Redefine |
| 2006 | "Give It Up" | — | — | True Self |
| "Let Go" | — | — | ||
| 2009 | "Like It Is" | — | — | Picture Perfect |
| 2010 | "The Lesser Man" | 24 | — | |
| "—" denotes a release that did not chart. | ||||
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